Is EAST ALLEN PARISH WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?
EAST ALLEN PARISH WATER WORKS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 3,030, over 1,010 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, EAST ALLEN PARISH WATER WORKS ranks 2,487th by violation burden (81th percentile) - 13 violations total, 8 health-baseds.
How EAST ALLEN PARISH WATER WORKS compares within LA
Among the 347 LA systems in this dataset, the average is 12.6 health-based violations - EAST ALLEN PARISH WATER WORKS's 8 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for EAST ALLEN PARISH WATER WORKS is from 2024-01-10 (health-based: 2024-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
EAST ALLEN PARISH WATER WORKS's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
EAST ALLEN PARISH WATER WORKS's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 8 health-based violations on file for EAST ALLEN PARISH WATER WORKS - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.